Every citizen has to figure out what kind of government he or she wants.

There are loads of countries that have nice written constitutions like ours. But there aren't loads of countries where they're followed.

You can have many different selection systems, but the bottom line has to be a system that, once the judge takes office that judge will feel that he or she is to decide the case without reference to the popular thing or the popular will of the moment

Judges are appointed often through the political process

But once the person is selected, at that point that person is independent.

Independence doesn't mean you decide the way you want.

It's important to every American that the law protect his or her basic liberty